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Table 1 Prevalence of ETW and mean BEWE sum in Special Olympic athletes

From: Erosive tooth Wear in special Olympic athletes with intellectual disabilities

 

Age

Mean ± SD

P-value

BEWE sum

Mean ± SD

P-value

ETW Prevalence (BEWE sum> 0)

P-value

Young Athletes with ID

n = 174

Athletes without DS

n = 135

19.1 ± 3.5

Age range (9–25)

0.39

1.96 ± 3.47

< 0.005*

46.3%

< 0.05*

Athletes with DS

n = 39

19.5 ± 3.8

Age range (10–25)

4.67 ± 5.64

69.2%

Total

19.3 ± 3.5

 

2.52 ± 4.04

 

51.2%

 

Older athletes with DS

n = 58

 

37.7 ± 8.9

 

6.83 ± 4.57

 

94.8%

 

Age range

(26–62)

  1. Comparative results were only performed between the young athletes with ID, which do not differ significantly in age. Mann-Whitney u test was used at significance level of p < 0.05 (*) for comparisons between mean BEWE sum and Chi 2 Test was used to compare prevalence of ETW (p < 0.05)